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Bootstrapping Organic Growth Makes Startup Sense

Image via Flickr from Food For Thought album When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
27 Oct 2014
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Which books would you recommend to a VC analyst-associate?

The Business of Venture Capital Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur Mastering the VC Game A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms Term Sheets & Valuations A Line […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
26 Oct 2014
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How can Australia kickstart the local startup community?

Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin makes some excellent points, most of which are ones that I would have made. In particular, getting to critical mass (of entrepreneurs, angel investors, engineers, et al) is perhaps the most important thing you can do. Whether this is by City (the most useful) or pan-Australian (perhaps a bit easier), it provides a host […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
23 Oct 2014
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Should I give my seed investors anti-dilution protection?

Original question from Quora: “My team and I are raising our first round for our crowdsourcing website at a $1mm valuation. We have an investor who is interested in purchasing 5% of the company under the condition that his stock will not be diluted at any time. We are considering a counteroffer at twice the valuation […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
19 Oct 2014
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Crowdfunding: KickStarter, Indiegogo, AngelList, Gust: How to choose?

First, it’s important to understand that the four platforms you list fall into two very distinct groups. Kickstarter and IndieGoGo are project-based crowdfunding platforms through which anyone can contribute money, either as a donation or with the promise that they will receive a tangible ‘reward’ of some kind if the project is successful. Gust and AngelList are equity-based platforms, used by Accredited Investors  to facilitate […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
16 Oct 2014
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